Wire-fence machine.



C. H. HAISLEY.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24, I913.

Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

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C. H. HAISLEY.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR.24. l913.

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Patented Dec. 7, 1915.

c. H. HAISLEY.

WIRE FENCE MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 24, I913.

Patent-ed Dec. 7, 1915.

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. WIRE-FENCE iraonrrrn.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. Z, 1915.

Application filed April 24, 1813. Serial'llo. $63,360.

of ndie us 1111 improvements in {Vere-Fence chines, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention has reference to certain new and useful impror 'ments inwire fence machines. i

lhe invention has for one of its objects to produce a machine forautomatically making wire :lence or fence fabric having alternatelongand short staydwhereby there is combined in one roll or stretch'oi'fence, a field and a hog fence.

The invention has for a further object to improve the wire connectingdevices in a wire fence machine, wh rebythe devices for connecting theends oi the short stays with an intermediate wire of the fence will,with each alternate operation oi the machine con-- nect the intermediatebody portion of a long stay with the corresponding wire towhich the endof the short stay is connected.

Ti rat the invention may he more-fully understood reference is had tothe accompanying drawings, in which Y Figure 1 is an elevation, partlyin section, of so much or": a wire fence machine as is necessary to showthe application of my improvements; Fig. 9 is a plan of whatis iown in1, with the addition of certain stay transferring devices; Fig.3 is aview looking at the right hand end of Fig. 1',

showing only the controlling means for the stay feeding mechanism; Fig.4 is an enlarged top plan view of a wire connecting device used forconnecting the end of a short stay to an intermediate line wire and foralternately connecting the intermediate body portion of a long stay tothe corresponding intermediate line wire; Fig. :5 is an elevation partlyin section, of the parts shown in Fl l; Fig. 6 shows a plurality ofviews of the device shown in Fig. 4, said views illustrating successivesteps in connecting the intermediate body portion of a long stay to thesame intermediate line wire, as the ends of the short stays arealternately connected by the same wire connecting device; Fig. 7 is a.

view similar to Fig. 6, except that there is illustrated the successivesteps-ofconnecting the end of a short stay to an intermediate said loopsaround the line wires.

line wire; Fig. 8 is a plan or" a modified form of wireconnecting devicewhen used to alternately connect the end of a short stay to anintermediate line wire, and the intermediate body portion of a long stayto the same intermediate line wire; Fig. 9is an elevation partly insection of the device shown in Fig. 8, and Fig. 10 is a view illustrating a preferred form of fence made on my machine.

Like characters of reference denote corresponding parts throughout thefigures.

My improvements are best applied to a machine for making a wire fencewhere the stay wire is one continuous piece from one end to tie otherand where the intermediate portions of the stay wires, where they inter:sect with. the intermediate line wires of the fenc'e,are looped and suchloops wrapped or coiled around said intermediate line wires, in mannerseen in Fig. 10. I make no claim to being the first toconnect a. staywire to the line wires of a fence, by looping the stay wire at int rvalsand wrapping or coiling I also make no claim to being the first toproduce a fence wherein the stay wires are one continu-- ous piece't'romend to end, with portions of the stays connected to the line wires,where they intersect, by wrapping portions of the stay wires around saidline wires.

W hat I propose, by my improvements,

and what I hare actually used, is a machine including a "feedingmechanism for feeding a stay length of wire, and a controlling means forsaid feeding mechanism, whereby said stay feeding mechanism willautomatically'andalternately feed a long stay wire;

to extend across the fence from one selvage or margin wire to the other,being connected to all or said w1res,.. and also feed a short stay wireto extend across the fence from one selvage or margin wire, terminatingat one of the intermediate line wires or" the fence;

the endsor" the short stays being preferably wrapped by a singlecontinuous wrap around such intermediate line wire, while theinterme'diateor intersecting body portions or" the longer stays areconnected to the correspondintermediate" line wire, by first forming aloop. in the body of said longer stays and wrapping or coiling saidloepsaround such intermediate line wire. I

' I do not lay claim to being the firstto combine fence/machine, amechanismfor 'Qon the same machine. s

making afence having alternate'long and short stays, but I do believe Iam the first to use a single stay feeding mechanism which i is adapt-edto feechfirst, along stay wire, and

then, a short stayfwire, such'mechanis n being adapted to beadjusted soas to vary the length of such long and short stay wires, so that variousheights of f nce niay-be'made The advantage in manufacturing a fencewith alternate long andshort stay wires is, thatthe manufacturer maycombine in the one fence a. hog and a: fieldfence.

farmer in purchasing a hog fence seeks a 151 The low fence with a closemesh, that is, where the stay wires are comparatively close, say,

four inches, six inches, or possibly nine inches or twelve'inches apart,being a fence V .to turnr the small stock; whereas,when he purchasesfield fence, he seeks height, and the stay wires-may be twelve ior moreinches apart. Combining the short and long stay wires in a fence, hemayha've the close mesh at the bottom, and the wider mesh at the top,having two fences in one at a considerable reduction in cost, madepossible ov fingto the economy in the use of wire when-manufacturing thefence.

In the drawings I have illustrated only so much ofainiachine as willillustrate the ap-- plicationand working of my invention. 1 designates atable-or bed-plate of the machine frame in which areljournaled a pin,

rality. ofwire'connecting; devices 2, preferably of the coder type. Eachdevice 2 111-,

cludes a tubular spindle 3 throughlwhich strand or linewires A aredrawn, by means of the'usual pull-out and wrapping devices (not shown)common in machines of this.

kind; also *a' coiling or wrapping head 4 -journaled in a bushing 5 inthe table or bedplate,'and attached to said coiling or wrappingheads,are cap-plates 6.

plates 6 are recessed or slotted as at 7 to receive the rollersS'revolubly secured on the upper surface of'said coiling or wrappingheads and working in therecesses or slots in said cap-plates 6 Saidcap-plates are :further. provided with the slot '9 communicating withsaid recess or slot 7 and opening out of the peripheral face of saidcapplates,

V for a purposeto be further explainedat stated intervals are moveddownwardly V on said spindles 3 drawing down the pins 11 so that theirupper ends are'below the upper surface of the coiling orwrapping heads4.

"The :structure. of the i dl v ili Slidably keyed on the spindles 3,beneath each coiling or wrapping head 4- is a grooved collar 10 andconnected with each collar 10 is' a pin 11 which normally projects-upthrough an openingin the coiling or wrapping head 4 withiits upper endin operative position in the slot 7 of said cap-plate 6.

The collars 10 rotate-with thespindles 3 and These capi ceiling orwrappinghead.

. line or strand wires.

wrapping heads, cap-plates, sliding collars and'pinsare of a well knowntype in fence machinebuildmg, with the exception of the specific slottedconstruction of cap-plates.

Thewire connectingdevices, as shown, are spaced at graduated distancesfrom each other,which'is preferable, butit is understood that said wireconnecting devices may be spaced at uniform distances from each other,if desired. 1

I have not shown the driving mechanism for the wire connectingdevicesybutit is 'understood that whatever type of mechanism isemployed, itwillgbe timed to operate said wire connecting devices liar;mony with the remaining mechanisms ofthe machine. I have in mind thatthe spindles wire B, shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2,

being laid across the. wire connecting devices between the pins 11 andthe strand wiresA, is attached tot-he strand wires by looping theintermed ate body portlons of said stay wire'where it intersects withthe strand wires and.;wrapping or coilingsaid loops around the strandwires, the ends of may be continuously driven, in manner i the vstaywire being wrapped or coiled" around theintersecting line Wires by asingle contlnuous wrap. coihng spindle be- 111g set in motion the pin 11will engage with the stay wire producing a loop; such loop.

being formed before the coiling device has made a complete'rotation,when the collar 10, by a suitable means,f(not shown) is moved downwardlyon its spindle, retracting the pin 11 and releasing it from the loopformed in the stay wire, when said loop iscoiled orwrapped around thestrand wire A througa the continued operation of the The 'coilers makepreferably two and one halfto three rotations. r

The foregoing operation refers particu- V larly to the co nnectio'n ofthe intermediate portions of a stay wire with the intersecting I willexplain hereinafter the change which. occurs when connecting orattaching the alternate long and short stays to the line wires of thefence The feeding devices for the stay wires includes the continuouslydriven friction gripping wheels l2'and l3, which have meshing gearwheels 1% and 1f. Connected with the gear wheel 14 and friction grippingwheel 12 is'a gearwheel 16 driven from a gear wheel 17 meshingtherewith, and which may be operated from any of the driving parts ofthe machine. The gear wheels 1=l and 15 are constantly in mesh with eachother, but the friction surface of the gripping wheels 12 and 13 arenormally so spaced from each other as to have no gripping effect on awire passing therebetween and it is the function of the device to movethe wheel 13 into impinging relation with the stay feed wire between itand the surface of the wheel 12 so as to feed the wire to the wireconnecting devices. To accomplish this result, the wheel 13 is mountedon an eccentric support and connected therewith is a lever 17. To therear end of'the lever 17 is attached one end of a spring 18, the otherend of which is secured to the machine frame. The spring 18 serves tonormally hold the wheel 13 from im inging relation with the stay feedwire. ass ing through the outer end of the lever 17 is a rod 19, on theupper end of which, is a nut or collar 20 and surrounding this rodbetween the nut or collar 20 and said lever 17 is a coil spring 21,which acts to maintain the rod 19 in its normal or operative position.To the lower end of the rod 19 is connected a rod 22 which, at its lowerend is connected to an arm 23 on a rocker shaft 2 1. On the opposite endof the rocker shaft 24 is carried an arm 25 to which is connected a bar26, and said bar 26, at its opposite end, is connected to a lever 27,said lever 27 being pivotally supported at its upper end, and at'itslower end carrying a roller or rollers 28 adapted to be intermittentlyand successively engaged by cams 29 and 30 for moving said lever 27, toreciprocate the bar 26, which in turn will rock the shaft 24: and drawdown the rods 22 and 19 for the purpose of oscillating the lever 17 androck the. wheel 13 to cause it to im pinge on the stay feed wire lyingbetween the friction surfaces of wheels 12 and 13, the parts beingmaintained in this same operative relation during the engagement of thecams 29 and 30 with the roller or rollers 28 or the lever 27.

The cams 29 and 30 are segment plates, as shown, so as to be adjustablein connection with the disk 31 to which they may be secured whenadjusted. Adjusting the cams 29 and 30 with respect to each other willdetermine the period of operation of the feed wheel 13 on a stay feedwire, and adjusting the segment plates ofeach cam 29 or 30 willdetermine the period of the time that the feed wheels 1.2 and 13 areoperated to project a stay wire and the length of such stay wire. Thedisk 31 and cams are of course carried by a suitable shaft, and suchshaft geared in a suitable manner to certain other machine parts. j Whenthe cam'29 moves the lever 27, the

longer stay wire B, seen in Fig. 10, and extending from one selvage ormargin wire to the other, is projected across the line wires A of thefence, and when the cam 30 moves the lever 27, the shorter stay wire 13,seen in the same figure is projected across the line wires extendingfrom one selvage or margin wire to one of the intermediate line wires A.During the interval between the engagement of the cams 29 and 80, withthe rollers on lever 27, the line wires are advanced in the machine soas to properly space the stay wires. The operation of the shaft carryingthe cams 29 and 30, is of course timed with respect to the otheroperating mechanisms of the machine. It will thus be observed that withthe stay feeding device shown, a long or a short stay wire may bealternately fed to the line wires of the fence, and that such parts maybe so adjusted that the long stay will extend from one selvage or marginwire to the other, and that the short stay wire will extend from oneselvage or margin wire to a certain intermediate line wire. With thecompletion of a stay length whether long or short, the same are severedby a suitable cutter, not shown, for the stay feed wire.

In Fig. 2 is shown in plan, in a general way, certain stay wiretransferring and positioning devices, which form no part of the presentinvention, except as they co6perate with the stay feeding means to placethe stay wires on the cooling or wrapping devices, the 7 same being moregenerally shown in my Patent No. 1,0i7,125.

In Figs. 1 and 2 I have shown the coiling or wrapping devices so fixedthat short stays may be fed into the machine with their forward endscoiled, either about the sixth in termediate line wire or about theeighth intermediate line wire, depending of course on how the cams 29and 30 are adjusted with respect to each other, or how the cam segmentsof each cam are adjusted with respect to each other. In Fi 2 the machineis shown capable of weaving a ten-bar fence, or a fence with ten linewires, although in Fig. 10, I have shown the fencecomposed of only eightline wires. To provide for at-; taching the ends of the short staywires, by a single wrap, to an intermediate line wire, say for instancewhere the fence comprises eight bars, as shown in Fig. 10, or where theends of such short stay wires are attached by a single wrap to the sixthor the eighth intermediate line wire, in a ten-bar fence as provided forin the machine shown in Fig. 2, I employ a removable attachment orattachments which 1 locate adjacent to or co1nc1dent with the coiler orwrapping device through which passes the line wire around which theplain end of the stay wire is to be wrapped, and said attachment is ofsuch construction, as will be explained,

whereas in Figs. 8 and 9 the upper face of the cap-plate 6 is flush withthe surface of the table or bed-plate 1, being a modification used undercertainconditions, as hereinafter described.-

' The attachment detailed in Figs. 4 and 5 includes the approximatelysemi-circular -ring-likestructure 32jformed with the offset or shoulder33 and arranged with the vertical slot 3%. lVhen in operative positionon the bed-plate or table 1, the at.

tachment partially encircles a cap-plate 6 and issecured in position byfeet or supporting members 35 which are bolted or otherwise. suitablysecuredon the bed-plate or table 1. The lower edge of the attach mentstarting from the vertical wall 36 is beveled or arranged with a slopingface 37, extending from said wall 36 a suitable distance. The feetorsupporting members 35 support the attachment with its lower faceremoved a short distance above the bedplate Or table'l, for a purposewhich will be explained. V V

lnFigs. 2 and 4, the coilers or wrapping heads are in their normal orinitial position ready to receive a stay wire and just prior to theirinitial operation which will cause the pins llto engage the staywire-The attachments 32 are so placed that the off-set or shoulder 33 and thecorresponding verticalwall 36 are upon diametrically opposite sides ofthe'line wire passing through the coilers and a stay wire laidon. thecoilers will be between the line wire and pin ll and across and in frontof the shoulder 33 and vertical wall .36, as shown in dotted lines inFig, 2, and in full lines on the extreme left hand views of Figs. 6 and7.

When the coiler is placed in motion and when such coiler has madeapproximately a one quarter turn the pin 11 is brought into contact withthe stay wire, and if the engagement of the pin 11 is with an intermediate portion of the stay wire, as in Fig. 6, a loop C will be formed inthe stay wire, to be subsequently engaged by the rollers 8, when the pin11 is retracted and said loop wrapped or coiled about the strand wire;but if it is the end of the stay wire (preferably the shorter stay wire)with which the pin 11 engages, as in Fig. 7, the end of the staywirewill pass under the. attachment .32 and because. of the beveled orsloping face.. 3'Z will be forced downwardly passing through the slottedopening 9 in the cap-plate 6 and into a, position in the slotted opening7 in said cap-plate to be engaged the rollers 8, during the furtherand-continued rotation of thecoiler, and coiled or wrapped around theline wire, by a single continuous wrap, as distinguished from a f loopwrap; The sloping face 37 of the attachment is of such a length that theend of the stay-wire will be fully within the slotted opening 9 in thecap-plate 6, before the pin 11 is withdrawn, to insure the completion ofthe stay wrap by the further and continued rotation ofthe coiler. Thevertical slot 34x in the attaclr ment 32 is provided so as to receivethev presser f'oot38, see Fig. 2, disclosed in my Patent No. 1,04%1125and employed as a guard to'prevent the stay wire from becom ingdislodged. No claim is made on the presser foot construction in thisapplication.

The attachment39 detailed in Figs. 8 and 9 differs from that shown inFigs. 4 and 5 to the extent that it is adapted topartially encircle acap-plate which is set in an annular depression/l0 in the bed-plate ortable. In this structure the greater portion of the surface of theattachment, and the surface of the cap-plate Gare flush with the uppersurface of the bed-plate or table 1, with the lower face of theattachment removed slightly above the surface of the bushing 5. One endof the-attachment slopes upwardly as at 41 being slightly above thesurface of the bed-plate or table 1 so that the end of the stay wirewill be forced under saidsloping end 41 and by such sloping surfaceforced into the slotted opening 9 in the cap-plate, in manner and forthe purposes specifically stated in connection with the structure shownin Figsfli and 5. The attachment 39 is secured in place by means of lips42 which may be bolted or otherwise suitably secured to the bed-plate ortable 1.

What I claim is: V 1. In a wire fence machine, a stay feeding device,and means for operating said device -to cause the same to alternatelyfeed a short stay-wire and a comparatively longerstay wire. j

'2. In a wire fence machine, a stay feeding device, means for operatingsaid device to intermittently engage and feed a stay length of wire,said operating means adapted to cause said device to alternately feed ashort llO stay-wire and a comparativelylonger staywire. 7 l

3. In a wire fence machine, a stay feeding device, including a pair ofcontinuously driven feed wheels, said wheels arranged to intermittentlyimpinge upon a stay, feed wire for the purpose of feeding a stay lengthof wire, means for causing said wheels to im-. pings-upon thestay feedwire, said means operating to alternately cause the feed wheels to firstfeed ashort stay length and then a comparatively longer stay length.

a. In a wire fence machine, a continuously operated stay feeding device,said device arranged to intermittently feed a stay length of wire, andcontrolling means for causing the device to alternately feed irregularlengths of stay wires.

5. In a wire fence machine,'a stay feeding device, said device adaptedto feed a stay length of wire in a continuous piece and of a length tospan two or more line wires of a fence, and controlling means for saidfeeding device, said controlling means causing said feeding device-toalternately feed ir regular lengths of stay wires.

6. In a wire fence machine, a stay feeding device, including frictiongripping wheels, means for operating said wheels, said wheels arrangedto intermittently feed a stay length of wire, lever means for bringingthe wheels into impinging relation with a stay feed wire, and arevoluble body including cams for operatin said lever means, said camsbeing unequal for causing said wheels to alternately feed a short staylength and a comparatively longer stay length.

7. In a wire fence machine, a coiling device including a wrapping headand a retractable pin, said pin adapted to engage astay wire and placeit so as to be wrapped around another wire by said wrapping head, anattachment associated with said wrapping head, said attachment having asloping surface for guiding the stay wire down into said wrapping headas the head is revolved and immediately following the engagement of saidwire by said pin.

8. In a wire fence machine, a ceiling device including a wrapping head,said head being slotted from its periphery inwardly, a retractable pinmovable in said head and through the slot therein, said pin adapted toengage a stay wire and place it so as to be wrapped around another wireby said wrapping head, an attachment having a sloping surface forguiding the stay wire down into the slot in said head as the'head isrevolved and immediately following the engagement plate and having asloping lower surface for guiding the stay wire down into the slot insaid cap-plate'as the head and can-plate are revolved and immediatelyfollowing the engagement of said wire by said pin.

10. In a wire fence machine, in combination, a bed-plate, a coiling headjournaled in said bed-plate,- a wire depressing member ens circling aportion of said head, said member having a sloping lower surface.

11. In a wire fence machine, in combination, a bed-plate, a coiling headjournaled in said bed-plate, a bushing for said head, a wire depressingmember encircling a portion of said head, the lower surface of saidmember being removed above the surface of the bushing and being inclinedfrom one end portion thereof. V

12. In a wire fence machine, in combination, a bed-plate, a coiling headjournaled in said bed-plate, a cap-plate attached to said head, a wiredepressing member encircling a portion of said cap-plate with its lowersurface spaced above the surface of the head,

said lower surface of said member being inclined.

13. In a wire fence machine, a coiling head, a retractable pin in saidhead, said pin being normally adapted, when said head is rotated, toengage and form aloop in the body of a stay wire to be subsequentlywrapped by said head around a wire passing through said head; a wiredepressing lllell'li ber associated with said head and having aslopinglower surface, said member adapted, when the end of a stay wireis coincident with said head to depress the stay wire when engaged bythe pin, whereby the head will wrap the single end of the stay wirearound the wire passing through the head.

1d. In a wire fence machine, in combination, a series of twistingdevices through which strand wires pass, means for operating saidtwisting devices, a stay wire feeding means, said feeding means adaptedto alteiu natelv'feed a short stay wire and a co1nparatively longer staywire, one of said twisters adapted to engage and wrap the end of eachshort stay wire around a certain internicdiate strand wire, said twisteralso adapted to engage an intermediate portion of said comparativelylonger stay wire, form a looptherein, and wrap said loop around the saidintermediate strand wire, to which the end of each short stay wire isconnected.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature,

in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses: V

C. "W. BLACKBURN, J. WV. POQRMAN.

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cnannns n. HAISLEY.

